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The Shadow of Your Smile was written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) in 1965, and was featured in the film The Sandpiper. It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Famous cover versions include the one by Barbra Streisand (1965).
This is the beginning of the song. After some pickup notes (the first five notes), the melody lands onto a note with an accidental at the head of the first bar (where you sing "smile"). In a sense, this is an abrupt way to introduce accidentals in a melody, but it's also what makes this song so charming and distinguishable.
And here's when the melody reaches its highest note. You see a continuing pattern of two identical melodic figures - the "Now when I remem.." part and the "all the joy that love" part. They both follow the same descend-ascend order.
This is the beginning of the song. After some pickup notes (the first five notes), the melody lands onto a note with an accidental at the head of the first bar (where you sing "smile"). In a sense, this is an abrupt way to introduce accidentals in a melody, but it's also what makes this song so charming and distinguishable. And here's when the melody reaches its highest note. You see a continuing pattern of two identical melodic figures - the "Now when I remem.." part and the "all the joy that love" part. They both follow the same descend-ascend order. (Lyrics excerpt)
The shadow of your smile when you are gone
Will color all my dreams and light the dawn
Look into my eyes, my love, and see
All the lovely things you are to me
The shadow of your smile when you are gone
Will color all my dreams and light the dawn
Look into my eyes, my love, and see
All the lovely things you are to me